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About Simone Bono
Simone is a US capital markets partner with extensive experience in leveraged finance and international capital markets transactions.
Simone advises corporate issuers, private equity funds and investment banks on high-yield bond offerings, leveraged buy-outs, IPOs, debt restructurings and other corporate finance transactions.
Simone came to Freshfields in London in 2011. Before joining the firm, she practised at a leading global law firm in New York for 10 years focusing on high yield and other corporate finance transactions.
Simone is the co-head of our Switzerland country group and speaks German, Spanish and French. She is recognized as a leading lawyer by Chambers, IFLR and Legal500.
Recent work
- Advising on high yield bonds offerings by Takko, Fressnapf, Motel One, RWE, ZF Friedrichshafen, Profine, Standard Profil Automotive, Grünenthal, The Automobile Association, Cheplapharm Arzneimittel, SGL Carbon Group, Wintershall DEA, CeramTec, Raffinerie Heide, Center Parcs, Schmolz + Bickenbach, BUT, Wepa Papierfabrik, Douglas, Springer Science + Business Media Group, ista International, Techem, Arrow Global, 4finance
- Advising on initial public offerings of Galderma, Schott Pharma, SUSE, Hensoldt, SoftwareOne, Teamviewer, Traton, Graziano Fairfield, VAT Group, Delivery Hero, Gestamp, Edaq, Zalando, TLG Immobilien, Arrow Global
- Advising on financial restructurings of Tele Columbus,Takko, Debenhams, Brighthouse, New World Resources
Qualifications
Education
- New York University School of Law, US (LLM)
- University of Bern, Switzerland (Lic iur, magna cum laude)
Professional qualifications
- Admitted to practise in New York, US, and Zurich, Switzerland